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Notarial Regulations

You can read the full complaints procedure on the following document.

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Prescribed Form of Words Under Practice Rule 8 of the Notaries Practice Rules 2014

  1. My notarial practice is regulated by the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury :
    The Faculty Office
    1, The Sanctuary
    Westminster
    London
    SW1P 3JT
    Telephone 020 7222 5381

Email Faculty.office@1thesanctuary.com
Website www.facultyoffice.org.uk

  1. If you are dissatisfied about the service you have received, please do not hesitate to contact me.
  2. If we are unable to resolve the matter you may then complain to the Notaries Society of which I am a member, who have a Complaints Procedure which is approved by the Faculty Office. This procedure is free to use and is designed to provide a quick resolution to any dispute.
  3. In that case please write (but do not enclose any original documents) with full details of your complaint to :
    The Secretary of The Notaries Society
    Old Church Chambers
    23 Sandhill Road
    St James
    Northampton.
    NN5 5LH
    Email secretary@thenotariessociety.org.uk
    Tel : 01604 758908

If you have any difficulty in making a complaint in writing, please do not hesitate to call the Notaries Society/the Faculty Office for assistance.

  1. Finally, even if you have your complaint considered under the Notaries Society Approved Complaints Procedure, you may at the end of that procedure, or after a period of 6 months from the date you first notified me that you were dissatisfied, make your complaint to the Legal Ombudsman*, if you are not happy with the result :

Legal Ombudsman
P O Box 6806
Wolverhampton.
WV1 9WJ

Tel : 0300 555 0333
Email : enquiries@legalombudsman.org.uk
Website : www.legalombudsman.org.uk

  1. If you decide to make a complaint to the Legal Ombudsman you must refer your matter to the Legal Ombudsman :
  • Within six months of receiving a f final response to your complaint and
  • Six years from the date of act/omission; or
  • Three years from when you should reasonably have known there was cause for complaint (only if the act or omission took place more than six years ago)

The act or omission, or when you should have reasonably known there was cause for complaint, must have been after 5th October 2010.

*certain kinds of commercial entities are not eligible to make a complaint to the Legal Ombudsman – please refer to the Legal Ombudsman Scheme Rules or consult the Faculty Office.

Contact:
52 Abington Grove
Northampton
Northamptonshire
NN1 4QU

07922022722
01604 948-944
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